Photos: How LA showed up for immigrants and workers this May Day
They marched, they chanted, one even brought his bird Pepe. From MacArthur Park to Mariachi Plaza, thousands joined the May Day march rallying for workers’ and immigrant rights. The march ran under the banner, “Solo El Pueblo Shuts it down.”
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